Steelmax Tools and Preston Eastin, members of the SMX Industrial Solutions family of companies, have introduced the turn-key (IPWS). This collaborative pipe and vessel welding solution is built for fabricators who need consistent weld performance with less rework and a productive welding process.
"The IPWS brings the right tools together in a single integrated system," said a company spokesperson. "It eliminates the fabricator's common challenge of sourcing a manipulator from one supplier, a positioner from another, and a welding system from a third, then hoping everything works together. The IPWS provides a simpler solution: one system, one delivery, and pure productivity."
The IPWS is engineered for pipe and vessel fabrication environments where reliability, repeatability, speed, and quality are requirements. Suitable applications include data center piping, oil and gas pipe fabrication, power plant construction, shipyards, and heavy equipment manufacturing.
The IPWS combines Preston Eastin manipulators for accurate part positioning with the Steelmax Linear Oscillator System for precise torch control, including programmable linear oscillation. This enables root, hot, O"Åll, and cap passes to be performed automatically using solid, O"Çux-core, or metal-core wire. Standard IPWS conO"Ågurations also include the complete Miller PipeWorx 400 Welding System.
The IPWS is designed to address inconsistencies before they become expensive problems. Poor part positioning, operator fatigue, over-welding, lack of consistent fusion, and the associated downstream rework all cost time and money. Through accurate part positioning and precise torch control the IPWS helps increase arc-on time and produce uniform welds.
The IPWS is available in four standard conO"Ågurations, each of which can be ordered as a single SKU. Each standard IPWS includes: a powered X-Y Manipulator (either 4,Äô x 4,Äô or 6,Äô x 6,Äô); either a 3,000-lb. PE 30 Tilt-Rotate Positioner or a 5,000-lb. HE-50 Elevating Headstock (with two jack stands); Steelmax End of Arm Torch Control with Linear Oscillation; and the complete Miller PipeWorx 400 welding system. Optional tactile seam tracking can be added to any IPWS system. Completely custom IPWS conO"Ågurations are also available to address unique fabrication challenges.
For more information contact:
Preston Eastin
9490 N Ridgeway St.
Tulsa, OK 74131
918-834-5591
www.prestoneastin.com
sales@prestoneastin.com
Steelmax Tools
801 W Mineral Ave., Ste. 103
303-690-9146
sales@steelmax.com
www.steelmax.com